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<p>The following text is a section related to the Czech Republic in the original document <a target="_self" href="/m2export/sites/www.cnb.cz/cs/platebni_styk/iban/download/TR201.pdf">TR201 (pdf, 1,3 MB)</a>&nbsp;issued by the EPC. This document was replaced by the document IBAN Registry issued by SWIFT in 2007 (<a href="http://www.swift.com/index.cfm?item_id=61334"></a><a href="http://www.swift.com/solutions/messaging/information_products/directory_products/iban_format_registry/index.page?lang=en" target="_self">http://www.swift.com/solutions/messaging/information_products/directory_products/iban_format_registry/index.page?lang=en</a>).</p><h2>DOMESTIC ACCOUNT NUMBER</h2><h5>Account Number Structure</h5><table border="0"><tbody><tr><td><p>&nbsp;</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>123456-1234567890/1234</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>19-2000145399/0800</p></td></tr><tr><th><p>&nbsp;</p></th><th colspan="2"><p>&nbsp;</p></th><th><p>Identifying</p></th><th><p>Min/max</p></th><th><p>Fills</p></th><th><p>Example</p></th></tr><tr><th><p>a1</p></th><td><p>&nbsp;</p></td><td><p>123456</p></td><td><p>First part ( prefix)</p></td><td><p>0/6n</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0…</p></td></tr><tr><th><p>a2</p></th><td><p>&nbsp;</p></td><td><p>1234567890</p></td><td><p>Second part (basic)</p></td><td><p>2/10n</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0…</p></td></tr><tr><th><p>b</p></th><td><p>&nbsp;</p></td><td><p>1234</p></td><td><p>Bank code</p></td><td><p>4/4n</p></td><td><p>&nbsp;</p></td><td><p>&nbsp;</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>&nbsp;</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>&nbsp;</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>6/20n</p></td><td><p>&nbsp;</p></td><td><p>&nbsp;</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> <p>All characters in the account number structure are numeric.</p><p>The Czech National Bank provides the table with valid bank codes - AP0001 Bank identity codes.</p><h5>National name(s)</h5><table border="0"><tbody><tr><td>&nbsp;</td><td colspan="3">Číslo účtu</td></tr><tr><th><p>a1</p></th><td><p>&nbsp;</p></td><td><p>123456</p></td><td><p>První část čísla účtu (předčíslí)</p></td></tr><tr><th><p>a2</p></th><td><p>&nbsp;</p></td><td><p>1234567890</p></td><td><p>Druhá, základní část čísla účtu</p></td></tr><tr><th><p>b</p></th><td><p>&nbsp;</p></td><td><p>1234</p></td><td><p>Kód banky</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> <br /> <h5>National usage</h5><p>Financial institutions apply the standardised account number structure consistently. It is used for all products and payment instructions.</p><h5>Electronic transmission</h5><table border="0"><tbody><tr><td><p>&nbsp;</p></td><td><p>123456 1234567890 1234</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> <p>There are always three separate fields:</p><ul><li>First part (prefix)</li><li>Second part (basic)</li><li>&nbsp;Bank code</li></ul><h5>Examples of written representation</h5><table border="0"><tbody><tr><th>Correct representation</th><th><p>Traditional representation</p></th><th><p>Account number only</p></th></tr><tr><td><p>000019-2000145399/0800</p></td><td><p>19-2000145399/0800</p></td><td><p>19-2000145399</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>000000-0145254386/2400</p></td><td><p>145254386/2400</p></td><td><p>145254386</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> <p>The first and second parts of the account number are separated by a hyphen. The Bank code is preceded by a slash.</p><h5>Check algorithm</h5><p>A Modulus 11-check algorithm with weights is used to validate the account number structure. The weight table to be used for:</p><ul><li>the first part (prefix) is 10, 5, 8, 4, 2, 1</li><li>the second part (basic) is 6, 3, 7, 9, 10, 5, 8, 4, 2, 1</li></ul><p>To validate the first and second parts of the account number, the digits are multiplied by their respective weights, added up and divided by 11. The remainder must be zero.</p><h5>Customer support</h5><table cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="0"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2"><p>The number is indicated on:</p></th><th><p>Comments</p></th></tr><tr><td>Documents to customers</td><td><p>Mostly</p></td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>Account statements</td><td><p>Always</p></td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>Debit cards</td><td><p>Never</p></td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>Cheques</td><td><p>Always</p></td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>Commercial documents</td><td><p>Mostly</p></td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>ATM receipts</td><td><p>Never</p></td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr></tbody></table><br /> <br /> <h5>Alternative account number structure and validation</h5><p>The Czech Republic does not offer alternative account numbering systems for routing payment instructions.</p><p>Use of the IBAN format is not expected at present.</p><h5>Postgiro accounts</h5><p>There are no specifically numbered postgiro accounts in the Czech Republic.</p><h2>INTERNATIONAL BANK ACCOUNT NUMBER</h2><table border="0"><tbody><tr><td><p>&nbsp;</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>1212 1234 1234 5612 3456 7890</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>CZ65 0800 0000 1920 0014 5399</p></td></tr><tr><th><p>&nbsp;</p></th><th colspan="2"><p>&nbsp;</p></th><th><p>Identifying</p></th><th><p>Length</p></th><th><p>Start position</p></th></tr><tr><th><p>d</p></th><td><p>&nbsp;</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>ISO Country Code</p></td><td><p>2a</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><th><p>e</p></th><td><p>&nbsp;</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>Check Digits (IBAN)</p></td><td><p>2n</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><th><p>b</p></th><td><p>&nbsp;</p></td><td><p>1234</p></td><td><p>Bank code</p></td><td><p>4n</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><th><p>a1</p></th><td><p>&nbsp;</p></td><td><p>123456</p></td><td><p>First part (prefix)</p></td><td><p>6n</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><th><p>a2</p></th><td><p>&nbsp;</p></td><td><p>1234567890</p></td><td><p>Second part (basic)</p></td><td><p>10n</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>&nbsp;</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>&nbsp;</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>24an</p></td><td><p>&nbsp;</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> <br /> <h5>Presentation</h5><p>The electronic format of the IBAN is composed of 24 contiguous alphanumeric characters.</p><p>The paper representation of the IBAN, which is composed of 24 alphanumeric characters, is structured in groups of 4 characters separated by blanks.</p><h5>Examples</h5><table border="0"><tbody><tr><th>Electronic format</th><th><p>Paper format</p></th></tr><tr><td>CZ6508000000192000145399</td><td>CZ65 0800 0000 1920 0014 5399</td></tr><tr><td>CZ0908000000000353497163</td><td>CZ09 0800 0000 0003 5349 7163</td></tr><tr><td><p>CZ3208000000000000007894</p></td><td><p>CZ32 0800 0000 0000 0000 7894</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> <br /> <h5>Issuing start date</h5><p>1 May 2004</p><h5>Contact Point</h5><p>Mr Ivan FENCL<br />Czech National Bank<br />Na Prikope 28<br />Praha 1</p><p>Tel:&nbsp; +420 224 413 580<br />Fax:&nbsp; +420 224 413 351<br />Email:&nbsp; iban <tt>.</tt>info <tt>@</tt>cnb <tt>.</tt>cz</p>
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